1940s
We welcome your comments, questions and volunteer assistance. Meanwhile, our 1940s Decade Coordinator, Robert Watson, will be pleased to hear from you at 1940s@malverncollegiate.com.
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Donate to the MRBS in memory of Sonya Munro
As many of you have heard, beloved MRBS member Sonya Munro died on May 23 at age 93. We have recently received donations to the MRBS in memory of Sonya and would welcome any similar gifts to recognize her long service to alumni and the school.
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Our Decade Coordinators: Sonya Munro, 1940s
Sonya Munro, Decade Coordinator for the 1940s, dated Johnny Brine Johnston (MCI 1936-1941) and the two had plans for a future together until the war intervened. Johnny wound up in the RCAF flying bombers in South East Asia Command and was shot down over Moulmein, Burma with his crew.
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Lorne Hillard Clarke
Principal of Malvern, 1938-1947 A popular education leader, mathematician, physical trainer. Builder and creator of new departments and ideas. Championed the rights and options of Malvern students. Sponsored the importance of music involving orchestras and choirs.
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MRBS President visits Malvern men’s graves in Germany
Vandra Masemann and her husband Volker were travelling in Germany this past January and made a detour to visit the Becklingen War Cemetery, where two Malvernites are buried.
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Malvern Collegiate’s Red and Black Society repairing books honouring students who fought in the Second World War
Beach Mirror By Joanna Lavoie Malvern Collegiate, an 111-year-old high school in the Upper Beach, is doing its part to honour those from the school who served in the Second World War, which Canada officially entered 75 years ago on Sept. 10, 1939, declaring war on Germany.
